More and more users are enjoying books in digital format thanks to an eReader or electronic book, benefiting from its many advantages. In addition, and luckily with the passage of time, we have seen how more and more devices are available for sale to choose from, although the great protagonist of this market is still Amazon, with a huge variety of different eReaders to choose from .
If you are thinking of buying an eReader, today we are going to give you a hand to do it and especially to get the choice of device right. For this we are going to show you in this article 5 of the best eReaders that you can buy today on the market.
As we already said, Amazon is the great protagonist of this market, and a sample of this is that in this list we will see up to 3 devices from the company directed by Jeff Bezos. Maybe we should have made room for other brands, but if we really want to buy a quality eReader that offers us an optimal result, we cannot miss any of Amazon's devices.
Kindle Oasis
If we had to stay with the best eReader that is currently marketed in the market, a huge number of specialists and also users would stay with this Kindle Oasis. Amazon has been greatly improving its devices, until reaching this Kindle that in our modest opinion borders on perfection, although its price is outside of what many of us are willing to pay.
It is currently marketed in the market with a price of 289.99 euros That may seem high, and it is, but with the purchase of a Kindle Oasis we will not only have the best device on the market, but we will also have an eReader that will last us and will serve us for many years to enjoy digital reading.
Below we review the main features and specifications of this Kindle Oasis;
- Dimensions: 143 x 122 x 3.4-8.5 mm
- Display: incorporates a 6-inch touchscreen with Paperwhite technology with E Ink Carta ™ and integrated reading light, 300 dpi, optimized font technology, and 16 gray scales
- Manufactured on a plastic housing, with a polymer frame that has been subjected to a galvanization process
- Weight: WiFi version 131/128 grams and 1133/240 grams the WiFi + 3G version (The weight is shown first without the cover and second with it attached)
- Internal memory: 4 GB that allows you to store more than 2.000 eBooks, although it will depend on the size of each of the books
- Connectivity: WiFi and 3G connection or only WiFi
- Supported formats: Format 8 Kindle (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP by conversion
- Integrated light
Kobo Aura HD H2O
Kobo is another of the great players in the digital reading market and it has managed to overcome the dominance of Amazon with the launch of interesting devices like this Kobo Aura HD H2O. The launch of new eReaders has been announced soon, although this device is currently its benchmark in the market.
These are them Kobo Aura HD H2O main features and specifications;
- Dimensions: 175,7 x 128,3 x 11,7 mm
- Display: 6,8-inch WXGA + Pearl E Ink touch screen with 265 ppi, and 1440 x 1080px resolution
- Weight: 240 grams
- Internal memory: 4 GB expandable by 32 GB Micro SD card
- Connectivity: WiFi and Micro-USB
- Battery with an autonomy of up to two months
- Supported formats: eBooks: EPUB, PDF and MOBI
- Integrated ComfortLight lighting system with ultra-thin and resistant coating
Basic Kindle
Most of the best eReaders on the market have a fairly high price, but there are also good devices like this one Basic Kindle, with a fairly reduced price. We could say about this Amazon Kindle that it is the perfect electronic book for all those users who want too many functions and not options, and who just want to enjoy reading.
With the recent renewal of this basic Kindle, Amazon has given it greater power and new functionalities, which make it perfect for the price it has, currently set at 79,99 euros. Remember before judging this electronic book its price and do not ask for light or functions of devices that are worth twice as much.
Next we are going to review the main features and specifications of this basic Kindle;
- Dimensions: 169 x 119 x 10,2 mm
- Weight: 191 grams
- Amazon 6 ″ (15,2 cm) display with E Ink Pearl technology, 167 dpi, optimized font technology and 16 gray scales
- Internal storage: 4 GB that allows you to store more than 2.000 eBooks, although it will depend on the size of each of the books
- Cloud storage: free and unlimited for Amazon content
- Connectivity: WiFi
- Supported formats: Format 8 Kindle (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP by conversion
Energy eReader Pro HD
The Spanish brand Energy Ssistem has enormous experience in the digital reading market. For years he has launched a large number of electronic books that have brought him some more than interesting sales figures. Now they have launched the Energy eReader Pro HD, in search of success and above all to stand up to the greats of the market,
And it is that they have managed to develop and manufacture an eReader with enormous power and more than interesting features that we are going to review right below:
- Dimensions: 159 x 118 x 8 mm
- Weight: 205 grams
- Screen: anti-glare 6? E-ink Letter HD electronic ink with 16 levels of gray with a resolution of 758 x 1024 pixels with 212 dpi
- Internal memory: 8 GB expandable up to 128 GB via microSD / SDHC / SDXC cards
- Connectivity: WI-FI 802.11 b / g / n
- 2.800 mAH battery, autonomy of up to two months
- Supported formats: ebooks: txt, pdf, epub, fb2, html, rtf, chm and mobi
- Integrated light
Kindle Travel
Finally and to close this list we are going to refer again to an Amazon device. We are talking about Kindle Travel, the first premium eReader launched on the market by the company directed by Jeff Bezos and that chronologically we must place it a little before the Kindle Oasis that we have already talked about.
Amazon has taken care of this Kindle Voyage to the last detail, achieving an almost perfect device, not only in terms of design, but also in the options and functionalities it offers us. Its price is once again a negative aspect and it is currently marketed in the market for 189.99 euros. Of course, as we have discussed with the Oasis, the investment is important although the quality is undeniable and also by acquiring this Kindle we will have an eReader for a long time.
Next we are going to review the main features and specifications of this Kindle Voyage;
- Dimensions: 162 x 115 x 76 mm
- Weight: WiFi version 180 grams and 188 grams the WiFi + 3G version
- Screen: incorporates a 6-inch screen with letter e-papper technology, touch, with a resolution of 1440 x 1080 and 300 pixels per inch
- Made of black magnesium
- Internal memory: 4 GB that allows you to store more than 2.000 eBooks, although it will depend on the size of each of the books
- Connectivity: WiFi and 3G connection or only WiFi
- Supported formats: Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC in their original format; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP by conversion
- Integrated light and higher screen contrast that will allow us to read in a more comfortable and pleasant way
Buying an eReader has recently become a somewhat complicated mission because there are more and more devices available, of very similar quality and functionality. We have just shown you our recommendations, but we are still going to give you some more tips so that you can be right when buying your next e-book and not have to regret the purchase made.
If you are going to use your eReader to read daily and very continuously, our advice is that you spend your money on a device of undoubted quality like the ones we have seen in this article. However, if you are aware that you are not going to use it too much and that you are only going to read it in a very specific way, we must recommend that you do not spend too much money, although the last decision must be made by you.
You must also be very clear if yours is digital reading or is still a lover of books in paper format. There are many users that after purchasing an eReader, they realize that reading eBooks or digital books is not their thing.
What do you think are the best eReaders that can be purchased on the market today?. Tell us your opinion in the space reserved for comments on this entry or through the social networks in which we are present. Also, if you are going to buy an eReader, tell us why you have chosen it and especially the reasons that have led you to choose that eReader, perhaps with this we can also decide ourselves and other readers.